tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post5161159667897571420..comments2015-03-31T11:53:00.810-07:00Comments on In the news by Karen Franklin PhD: Miracle Village: A leper colony for bogeymenKaren Franklin, Ph.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01032855743077403199noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-82604870996383015042013-06-15T04:26:27.195-07:002013-06-15T04:26:27.195-07:00I am on the same page as both of you. Is there so...I am on the same page as both of you. Is there something I can do to help the cause? Let me know please if you know something or somewhere I can offer my assistance in this situation.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Michelle Trimarco<br />Michelle Trihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15289357295414813897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-60561514189227886042013-05-28T19:35:29.016-07:002013-05-28T19:35:29.016-07:00At Reform Sex Offender Laws&#39; (RSOL&#39;s) annu...At Reform Sex Offender Laws&#39; (RSOL&#39;s) annual conference last year, a map of Albuquerque was shown with all of the places a &quot;sex offender&quot; cannot live near circled, with each circle representing the area within which a sex offender cannot live. Virtually the entire city was engulfed in circles on this map...except for a very small area on the southside, where sex offenders have naturally congregated to find homes in which they can legally live. This is, indeed, a travesty.<br /><br />That this travesty has been possible in our &quot;democracy&quot; is a perfect example of how our country has already become something far less than a democracy. It is a far cry from the country we all grew up believing was built on a Constitution which protects the right of us *all* to due process. Far too many of us blithely assume everyday that we are safe from the whims of government and politicians because we &quot;are not criminals.&quot; How do we know we aren&#39;t criminals? How do we know that tomorrow a bill will not be passed into law which makes one of our daily habits a crime? Far-fetched? Unlikely? Impossible? Try living your life with this important WWII statement in mind everyday, because enough of us doing so would change everything:<br /><br />When the Nazis came for the communists, <br />I remained silent; <br />I was not a communist. <br />When they locked up the social democrats, <br />I remained silent; <br />I was not a social democrat. <br />When they came for the trade unionists, <br />I did not speak out; <br />I was not a trade unionist. <br />When they came for the Jews, <br />I did not speak out; <br />I was not a Jew. <br />When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out.<br /><br />Friedrich Gustav Martin Niemöller<br />JD Reecehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11740339972721398509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361358365193630538.post-89873255065900342792013-05-25T13:53:20.747-07:002013-05-25T13:53:20.747-07:00Interesting. The effort provides SVPs with a place...Interesting. The effort provides SVPs with a place to stay where they won&#39;t feel rejected or ostracized by society?<br /><br />In actuality, this &#39;village&#39; openly promotes segregation and would surely draw the harassment and/or violent reactions of those with a mob mentality. The southern blacks received the same treatment many decades ago. The pattern repeats itself.<br /><br />Apparently, the place is beneficial only for society and serves as a means of keeping all SVPs in the same place—much like a prison camp.<br /><br />American society has not learned from its mistakes; it projects the same discriminatory attitude t always had, only this time upon a different group of people—a group IT created.<br /><br />If effective change is to happen, this isn&#39;t the way to do it, by isolating the perceived threats; it has to take place within.<br />researcheronehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12576084808353132904noreply@blogger.com